Ascii-Art Secrets #3

Ascii-Art Secrets #3 :-
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i didn't write any of this! ...
it has been handed down by "elders" of this newsgroup/messageboard
most of the "veterans" around here will have seen this already
many of the "newcomers" probly haven't

... message to the "regulars" :-

    if you think this is a nice place to turn into a 'kicking ground'
    well ...
                    you've been sussed!

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***What is a troll?

A fisherman would say it means to trail worms through water teeming
with  fish, hoping for a bite.  In newsgroup terminology, it means
pretty much the same thing.

***What is the objective of the troll?

The hobbyist may want nothing more than to provoke a reaction from
the newsgroup.  Some do it merely to call attention to themselves.
There are career trolls who are dedicated to filling newsgroups with
off-topic posts, flames, and general confusion.  Some trolls are
simple, while some are quite elaborate and long-running.  Some
trolls have achieved a degree of infamy.  You can find out who they
are by looking for the word 'troll and usenet' using any search engine.

***Is trolling only for the lonely?

No!  The happiest trolls travel in packs.  The more the merrier.
They give aid and encouragement to one another in their mission to
destroy the newsgroups they infest.

***What are the tools of the trolling trade?

Well, you have asked a big question there.  For the creative and
enterprising troller,  there are just too many to list.  Here's a
brief sampling:

1. Hidden identities work well.  As has been noted in the past, AOL
gives 5 screen names.  Now, those can be used to good advantage.
The troller can appear to be 5 altogether different people as
he/she/it carefully fans the flames.  Seemingly endless off-topic
threads that say nothing and go absolutely nowhere can be
constructed in this fashion. But if someone notices that there seem
to be 'too many' AOLers in the group, there's always:

2. REMAILERS.  You can have all of these you want.  A different
identity for every day of the week. Or, if this isn't anonymous
enough for your purposes, try:

3. ANONYMOUS remailers.  It is said these are not easy to learn how
to work, but well worth the effort to the would-be troller.

4. Cultivate other trollers for *buddies*.  They are handy for
backing up your ludicrous claims and other falsehoods.  They will
add to the general chaos in the newsgroup you are attacking.  You
will have need of your *buddies* as the posts grow further and
further off-topic.

And as the other people in the group begin objecting to your nonsense.

5. Never underestimate the power of e-mail.  A troller can stay just
behind the scenes, but still participate in the fun via e-mail.
That person can use e-mail to encourage others to do their dirty
work.  Posting objectionable comments and so on.  The beauty of
staying disengaged in the nasty on-board comments, is that the
troller's reputation remains dainty.  It's very important to have at
least one troller of the bunch free to appear to smooth things over
with the general population of the group.

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***This is the Help Section for Trollers in Distress***

1. HELP!  I've been identified as a troll!  Whatever will I do?
Call them a troll right back.  (Optional: Get your friends to agree
with you.)

2.  HELP!  I've been accused of making off-topic posts.  Whatever
will I do?

Forthrightly declare that their own posts complaining about you are
off-topic.  Remind them that the group is unmoderated and you can
post anything you please, so there.  Bring out some of your extra
addresses to flame them.

3. HELP!  I've been caught in a lie.

Take your pick:  Change the subject,  claim your posts were tampered
with/nuked, claim the person who is calling you a liar is a liar,
declare that you are afraid of the person, say the person has a
mental problem, say it's a free country and you have the right to
lie if you want to.  Failing all that, get one or all of your
aliases to say it.

4.. HELP!  Nobody likes me.

Well, what did you expect?  Look at what you do for a living.  Grow
a thicker skin.

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Bye,

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CJRandall wrote:
> 
> Ascii-Art Secrets #3 :-
[snip]
> 
> ***This is the Help Section for Trollers in Distress***
> 
> 1. HELP!  I've been identified as a troll!  Whatever will I do?
> Call them a troll right back.  (Optional: Get your friends to agree
> with you.)
> 
> 2.  HELP!  I've been accused of making off-topic posts.  Whatever
> will I do?
> 
> Forthrightly declare that their own posts complaining about you are
> off-topic.  Remind them that the group is unmoderated and you can
> post anything you please, so there.  Bring out some of your extra
> addresses to flame them.
> 
> 3. HELP!  I've been caught in a lie.
> 
> Take your pick:  Change the subject,  claim your posts were tampered
> with/nuked, claim the person who is calling you a liar is a liar,
> declare that you are afraid of the person, say the person has a
> mental problem, say it's a free country and you have the right to
> lie if you want to.  Failing all that, get one or all of your
> aliases to say it.

      Trolling around sounds like fun.
      Secret identities and stuff...
        Let's give it a try.
           |
            \            OK, I'd be you
             \            and you'd be me.
                 `,          \
              = = #             /_,/\
              |/  ?            /"   (
              | , )\          .Y___ /
              /__/\ \____         \(__
         ,-   /   \_/    \        /  (\
       |/|   / < _____ _> \       |. ||\
      -|.|--/___/  ,___/___\------'-----'
       '-'      |\/           b'ger

joris

joris bellenger wrote:
<snip>
> 
>       Trolling around sounds like fun.
>       Secret identities and stuff...
>         Let's give it a try.
>            |
>             \            OK, I'd be you
>              \            and you'd be me.
>                  `,          \
>               = = #             /_,/\
>               |/  ?            /"   (
>               | , )\          .Y___ /
>               /__/\ \____         \(__
>          ,-   /   \_/    \        /  (\
>        |/|   / < _____ _> \       |. ||\
>       -|.|--/___/  ,___/___\------'-----'
>        '-'      |\/           b'ger

For more info, see:

  alt.romath
  alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk
  alt.fan.karl-malden.nose

(The people there *love* ascii art, so ascii artists are always
welcome!)

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Veronica Karlsson wrote:

> 
>   alt.romath
>   alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk
>   alt.fan.karl-malden.nose
> 
> (The people there *love* ascii art, so ascii artists are always
> welcome!)
> 
I went to alt.romath once and after having read a few posts I still
had no idea what these guys were talking about.
:-/

joris

joris bellenger wrote:
> Veronica Karlsson wrote:
> >
> >   alt.romath
> >   alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk
> >   alt.fan.karl-malden.nose
> >
> > (The people there *love* ascii art, so ascii artists are always
> > welcome!)
> >
> I went to alt.romath once and after having read a few posts I still
> had no idea what these guys were talking about.
> :-/

You need to read a lot more than just "a few posts"...  :-D


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____     On Mon, 26 Nov 2001 16:50:12 +0100
\__/___  joris bellenger ran through the
 LI-\o-' streets of alt.ascii-art
     |   waving an axe and screaming:
    / \
>Veronica Karlsson wrote:
>>   alt.romath
>>   alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk
>>   alt.fan.karl-malden.nose
>> 
>> (The people there *love* ascii art, so ascii artists are always
>> welcome!)
>> 
>I went to alt.romath once and after having read a few posts I still
>had no idea what these guys were talking about.
>:-/

Well, that's what it's like when you talk about flonk.
How do you like my new intro line?
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Bateau wrote:
> 
> ____     On Mon, 26 Nov 2001 16:50:12 +0100
> \__/___  joris bellenger ran through the
>  LI-\o-' streets of alt.ascii-art
>      |   waving an axe and screaming:
>     / \
> >Veronica Karlsson wrote:
> >>   alt.romath
> >>   alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk
> >>   alt.fan.karl-malden.nose
> >>
> >> (The people there *love* ascii art, so ascii artists are always
> >> welcome!)
> >>
> >I went to alt.romath once and after having read a few posts I still
> >had no idea what these guys were talking about.
> >:-/
> 
> Well, that's what it's like when you talk about flonk.
> How do you like my new intro line?

To tell you the truth, I think it's a waist of bandwidth.

joris

____     On Wed, 28 Nov 2001 05:05:52 +0100
\__/___  joris bellenger ran through the
 LI-\o-' streets of alt.ascii-art
     |   waving an axe and screaming:
    / \
>Bateau wrote:
>> 
>> ____     On Mon, 26 Nov 2001 16:50:12 +0100
>> \__/___  joris bellenger ran through the
>>  LI-\o-' streets of alt.ascii-art
>>      |   waving an axe and screaming:
>>     / \
>> >Veronica Karlsson wrote:
>> >>   alt.romath
>> >>   alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk
>> >>   alt.fan.karl-malden.nose
>> >>
>> >> (The people there *love* ascii art, so ascii artists are always
>> >> welcome!)
>> >>
>> >I went to alt.romath once and after having read a few posts I still
>> >had no idea what these guys were talking about.
>> >:-/
>> 
>> Well, that's what it's like when you talk about flonk.
>> How do you like my new intro line?
>
>To tell you the truth, I think it's a waist of bandwidth.

This:
____     On Tue, 27 Nov 2001 22:13:42 +0100
\__/___  Peter "lastfuture" Marquardt ran through the
 LI-\o-' streets of alt.ascii-art
     |   waving an axe and screaming:
    / \

Is only 4 characters more than this:
On Tue, 27 Nov 2001 22:13:42 +0100, in alt.ascii-art "Peter
\"lastfuture\" Marquardt" <las...@lastfuture.de>, wrote in message
id <C=0DP...@4ax.com>:

People have this insane notion that more lines = more bandwidth when
it comes to intro lines and sigs even when the lines are much shorter.
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>>> Well, that's what it's like when you talk about flonk.
>>> How do you like my new intro line?
>>
>>To tell you the truth, I think it's a waist of bandwidth.

i find it nice :)

>This:
>____     On Tue, 27 Nov 2001 22:13:42 +0100
>\__/___  Peter "lastfuture" Marquardt ran through the
> LI-\o-' streets of alt.ascii-art
>     |   waving an axe and screaming:
>    / \
>
>Is only 4 characters more than this:
>On Tue, 27 Nov 2001 22:13:42 +0100, in alt.ascii-art "Peter
>\"lastfuture\" Marquardt" <las...@lastfuture.de>, wrote in message
>id <C=0DP...@4ax.com>:

hope you have counted the returns (new line) as extra characters

>People have this insane notion that more lines = more bandwidth when
>it comes to intro lines and sigs even when the lines are much shorter.

well joris.. quoting an entire text to reply to only one question is..
uh.. i think you get my point ;)

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On Thu, 29 Nov 2001 00:00:29 +0800, Bateau <ItsFAKE@Not-A-Real-
Address.com> wrote:
> >> How do you like my new intro line?
> >
> >To tell you the truth, I think it's a waist of bandwidth.

[snip]

> People have this insane notion that more lines = more 
bandwidth when
> it comes to intro lines and sigs even when the lines are much 
shorter.

Much shorter than what?

your intro line is: 181 bytes
the default intro text is (in this case): 175 bytes
your sig is: 175 bytes

Anyway, you asked (!) what we were thinking of your intro line.
Don't complain if you don't like the answer. Mine was obviously
too suttle for you. I actually meant: Your intro line sucks!

joris

Peter \"lastfuture\" Marquardt wrote:

> 
> well joris.. quoting an entire text to reply to only one question is..
> uh.. i think you get my point ;)
> 

I think you didn't get mine.

      Read between the lines.
            \
             \         Is this your way of 
                        saving bandwidth? 
                 `,          \
              ___ #             /_,/\
              |/  ?            /"   (
              | , )\          .Y___ /
              /__/\ \____         \(__
         ,-   /   \_/    \        /  (\
       |/|   / < _____ _> \       |. ||\
      -|.|--/___/  ,___/___\------'-----'
       '-'      |\/           b'ger

:)
joris

On Thu, 29 Nov 2001 08:47:05 GMT, joris bellenger <jor...@xs4all.nl>
tried to confuse everyone with this message:

>On Thu, 29 Nov 2001 00:00:29 +0800, Bateau <ItsFAKE@Not-A-Real-
>Address.com> wrote:
>> >> How do you like my new intro line?
>> >
>> >To tell you the truth, I think it's a waist of bandwidth.
>
>[snip]
>
>> People have this insane notion that more lines = more 
>bandwidth when
>> it comes to intro lines and sigs even when the lines are much 
>shorter.
>
>Much shorter than what?
>
>your intro line is: 181 bytes
>the default intro text is (in this case): 175 bytes
>your sig is: 175 bytes
>
>Anyway, you asked (!) what we were thinking of your intro line.
>Don't complain if you don't like the answer. Mine was obviously
>too suttle for you. I actually meant: Your intro line sucks!
>

I like it. It's a great innovation that now people would use ascii-art not only
in sigs but in attrib-lines too. It's a major breakthrough in the world of
ascii-art.

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____     On Thu, 29 Nov 2001 08:47:05 GMT
\__/___  joris bellenger ran through the
 LI-\o-' streets of alt.ascii-art
     |   waving an axe and screaming:
    / \
>On Thu, 29 Nov 2001 00:00:29 +0800, Bateau <ItsFAKE@Not-A-Real-
>Address.com> wrote:
>> >> How do you like my new intro line?
>> >
>> >To tell you the truth, I think it's a waist of bandwidth.
>> People have this insane notion that more lines = more 
>bandwidth when
>> it comes to intro lines and sigs even when the lines are much 
>shorter.
>
>Much shorter than what?
>
>your intro line is: 181 bytes
>the default intro text is (in this case): 175 bytes
>your sig is: 175 bytes
>
>Anyway, you asked (!) what we were thinking of your intro line.
>Don't complain if you don't like the answer. Mine was obviously
>too suttle for you. I actually meant: Your intro line sucks!

I didn't complain. Don't complain if I don't agree with what you think
though.
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